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Plans to “draw down” CO2 from the atmosphere – known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR) – “fall short” of the quantities needed to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, new research warns. Keeping…

Dennis Francis was speaking at an event  to mark the 30th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo.The landmark conference concluded with a Programme of Action, adopted by 179 governments,…

By Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana President Biden and Vice President Harris believe government agencies should deliver excellent outcomes for the American people, whether we are rebuilding America’s…

By Jill Springer, Senior Advisor, Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, NTIAStreamlining and accelerating the permitting process is critical to implementing the Internet for All initiative. Since the passage of President Biden’s…

By Jill Springer, Senior Advisor, Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, NTIAStreamlining and accelerating the permitting process is critical to implementing the Internet for All initiative. Since the passage of President Biden’s…

Fifth annual report underscores company’s unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity, charitable giving and sustainability BURLINGTON, Mass., March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS), the trusted…

Okanagan Syilx Territory, Westbank BC, March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Three years ago, a monumental shift in the Indigenous justice landscape occurred when the BC First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC) assumed responsibility for…

In terms of sub-area division control methods, Ma et al. proposed three automatic division methods, namely, equal division, division by mean value, and division by distance; they used a spectral method to take the correlation degree of…

Infectious Disease Reports, Vol. 16, Pages 298-316: Current Progress and Future Perspectives in Contact and Releasing-Type Antimicrobial Coatings of Orthopaedic Implants: A Systematic Review Analysis Emanated from In Vitro and In Vivo…

Today, World Wildlife Fund’s ReSource: Plastic program released its fourth annual public report, Transparent 2023, revealing how some of the world’s largest brands are tracking, measuring, and reporting on their respective plastic…

NEW YORK, NY (December 1, 2023) – On Thursday, November 30, the Ad Council, America’s leading organization harnessing the power of communications for social change, held its Annual Public Service Award Dinner. Jamie Dimon, Chairman and…

The Australian government wants to make sure its contracts – worth almost A$75 billion annually – don’t just deliver taxpayers value for money, but also promote gender equity. Under proposed procurement policy changes announced…

During an event at NASA Headquarters in Washington Thursday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra united to note progress their respective agencies are making in…

March 19, 2024 Extreme Interest Rate Hikes Have Contributed to Postponed EV Production, Clean Energy Project Headwinds, Soaring Offshore Wind Costs  Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators…

A new report from Salesforce and the Retail AI Council finds that global retailers are eager to adopt generative AI to personalize and improve in-store and online shopping experiences. However, nearly half of the 1,300 retailers…

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LENZ Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: LENZ) (LENZ or the Company), a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing the first aceclidine-based eye drop that has been shown to improve near…

Nearly three decades into democracy, land reform remains central to South Africa’s transformation policies and agricultural policy. We have over the years pointed out that the progress on land reform has been incorrectly reported.…

PLAINVIEW, N.Y., March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) today released its fifth Sustainability Report highlighting the Company’s progress towards environmental, social, and governance (ESG)…

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) has published its annual Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR), reinforcing its commitment toward transparency and sustainable…

In late February, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate Education Ian A. Waitz and Faculty Chair Mary Fuller announced the formation and launch of the Task Force on the MIT Undergraduate Academic Program…

UN police in MINUSCA hold a training to equip local police academy students in the Central African Republic to prevent gender-based violence. August 7, 2020. (UN Photo) Over the past decade and a half, specialized police teams…

Pages from the United Healthcare website are displayed on a computer screen, Feb. 29, 2024, in New York. UnitedHealth Group said it is testing software for…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Submission received: 10 February 2024 / Revised: 2 March 2024 / Accepted: 14 March 2024 / Published: 17 March 2024 Abstract Fruit…

California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) recently took the first steps toward stronger oversight of use of harmful pesticides in gardens and golf courses across the state. Thanks in part to last year’s AB 363, a bill…

AUSTIN, Texas, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Farms (Nasdaq: VITL) today published its 2024 Impact Update, which recognizes the progress the company has made to continue building a resilient food system, fostering a…

UNITED NATIONS —  The number of children worldwide who died before age 5 reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than 5 million died. According to the estimate,…

UNITED NATIONS —  The number of children worldwide who died before age 5 reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than 5 million died. According to the estimate,…

Based on the idea of regionalized variables with a spatial distribution and the variational function, geostatistics is the science of examining natural occurrences that are both random and organized in their spatial distribution . By…

3.2.1. Eco-Products Supply Capacity(1) Biomass assessment methods were used to reveal the resource endowment of different forest ecosystems.Ecological resources are the advantage of economically underdeveloped regions. It is necessary…

The theme for International Women’s Day 2024 is “Invest in women: accelerate progress” – a fitting theme for a year when a clear plan for funding the global energy transition occupies the top slot on the climate agenda, with the…

The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is “Invest in women: accelerate progress” which is exactly what the Gender Action Plan to Support Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai…

It’s sobering to reflect that “neglected tropical diseases” are referred to as “neglected” because they persist in the poorest, most marginalised communities even after being wiped out in more developed parts of the world. A…

The global proportion of women in the world’s voting chambers inched up to 26.9 per cent on the back of elections and appointments through the year, the international organization said in its latest report on Women in Parliament.The…

© August de Richelieu GENEVA (ILO News) – A growing number of national business organizations are improving gender equality internally, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization’s Bureau for Employers´…

Each year, an implementation progress report for the Water Resources Plan for the Delaware River Basin (basin plan) is compiled by DRBC staff. The basin plan is a 30-year goal-based framework that serves as a guide for all governmental…

Each year, an implementation progress report for the Water Resources Plan for the Delaware River Basin (basin plan) is compiled by DRBC staff. The basin plan is a 30-year goal-based framework that serves as a guide for all governmental…

LA NEGRA, Chile —  U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday toured U.S. lithium producer Albemarle in northern Chile, saying that expanded U.S.-Chilean ties would benefit both countries, improve energy security, and help…

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bone Biologics Corporation (NASDAQ: BBLG), a developer of orthobiologic products for spine fusion markets, reports progress with advancing its product candidate NB1 into human clinical testing for…

Results Immunization Activities In 2022, RCV had been introduced in 175 (90%) of 194 countries,††† a 33% increase compared with the 132 (68%) countries that offered RCV in 2012 (Figure 1). All countries in the Region of the Americas…

Our ability to cram ever-smaller transistors onto a chip has enabled today’s age of ubiquitous computing. But that approach is finally running into limits, with some experts declaring an end to Moore’s Law and a…

For students who need additional academic support, some colleges offer corequisites, which enroll students directly in transfer-level courses with a concurrent support course. Research evidence shows that students perform better…

The following takeaways shed light on key elements of effective reform and the approaches taken by these colleges to improve student success and equity in gateway courses, providing valuable insights on how colleges across the…

In 2019, Assembly Bill (AB) 705 dramatically broadened access to transfer-level courses in English and math at California’s community colleges. Have student outcomes improved since then? Last week, PPIC researcher Cesar…

This commentary was published by EdSource on November 29, 2023. Former governor Jerry Brown headlines a party next week toasting the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), California’s ten-year-old reshaping of school…

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed back years of progress made combating antimicrobial resistance (AR) in the United States. The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), COVID-19: U.S. Impact on Antimicrobial…

© Stephan Gladieu / World Bank GENEVA (ILO News) – A new progress report has been published by the 13 signatory agencies of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (SDG3 GAP). The report entitled…

What GAO Found Space systems—such as satellites—are vital to the military's ability to project combat power, collect intelligence, navigate, and communicate across the globe. In an increasingly crowded space domain, threats to…

The International Recovery Forum 2024 concluded successfully in Kobe, Japan, on 25 January 2024, marking a big step forward in global efforts towards resilient recovery from disasters. Hosted by the International Recovery Platform (IRP),…

Posted by Alexis M. Taylor, USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs in…

City of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office and the Housing Department presented an update on the expansion of City emergency shelter capacity as well as progress made toward new permanent supportive housing projects at Tuesday’s City…